La Divina Caricatura

La Mama and St. Ann’s Warehouse present

La Divina Caricatura

Produced by

piece by piece,

Mabou Mines, and Dovetail Productions

LIBRETTO, LYRICS and DIRECTION

Lee Breuer

PUPPETRY DIRECTOR

Jessica Scott

"Lee Breuer’s dark, joyous and utterly splendid musical fantasia..."

The New York Times

PERFORMANCES

December 7 – 22, 2013
Ellen Stewart Theater, LA MAMA ETC

Inspired by one of the greatest works in world literature, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Breuer adapts Dante’s spiritual journey, modernizing the universal questions posed in the original. La Divina Caricatura is a mixed media presentation based on classic Bunraku, incorporating popular Afro-American chorale with music composed and arranged by Lincoln Schleifer.

SPECIAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY

The National Endowment for the Arts American Masters Grant, The Jim Henson Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Esther Fortunoff Green, The Charles Haar & Suzanne Keller Haar Charitable Foundation, The December Second Fund (a donor advised fund) and many generous individuals.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Mia Yoo, Mark Tambella and all the amazing folks at La MaMa, Patrick Nash, Derek Lloyd & PS122, and Materials for the Arts.